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[from 'Philosophical Logic: Intro to Advanced Topics' by Engelbretsen,G/Sayward,C, in 5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 5. Incompleteness ]

Full Idea

A set of axioms is said to be ω-incomplete if, for some universal quantification, each of its instances is derivable from those axioms but the quantification is not thus derivable.

Gist of Idea

Axioms are ω-incomplete if the instances are all derivable, but the universal quantification isn't

Source

Engelbretsen,G/Sayward,C (Philosophical Logic: Intro to Advanced Topics [2011], 7)

Book Reference

Engelbretsen,G/Sayward,C: 'Philosophical Logic: Intro to Advanced Topics' [Continuum 2011], p.132